Iowa City’s The Tape-Beatles (sometimes also known as Public Works) formed in 1986. They are a multi-media group who use analog tape, film (and, more recently, digital technology) to create beautiful sound collages. Think: Negativland. Their work culls extensively from various sources through a process they refer to as “Plagiarism®”.
The Grand Delusion was released in 1993. It is “a bitter meditation on the U.S. Persian Gulf War.” The tracks use voice samples from various speeches, many of which were made by President George Bush (the first). It also borrows from television news services. I think there’s some weird evangelical samples in there, too. The music is entirely sampled to. It’s quite a brilliant work, I think you’ll enjoy it if you’re a fan of cool samples and sound collages. Think of The Tape-Beatles as a more-realized “The Best Podcast You Have”.
The Tape-Beatles
The Grand Delusion
MediaFire DL Link
Tracklist:
01. The American Adventure
02. Primary Delusion
03. America Is Confident
04. Lament
05. Frog Story
06. Mind Problems
07. Love
08. Home Problems
09. Behold A Republic
10. Grave Implications
11. Great Difficulties
12. Chilling
13. You Have To Participate
14. Candidate
15. Flowers For Dead Heroes
16. Thus
17. Back To The Start
